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Review Excerpt The Ables is an interesting book on a few levels. Its a non-graphic novel super-hero book (as far as I know. I listened to the audio book.) Its a book about middle-grade disabled kids (how often does that get done?) and its a book that reinforces to the reader that people with disabilities are, first and foremost, people. Its also a story of friendship, working together, fighting to be granted the same privileges other people have, and overcoming life-altering events like parental death.
This is not a perfect book. I won’t say that it is. Its not nearly the best example of a middle-grade/young-adult book featuring people with disabilities in it that I’ve ever read. But the story is entertaining, the author is trying his best to send a good message, and it was better (to me at least) than reading yet another entry into the YA Dystopian field (which seems to be all there is right now!). Every time things start to go right for the kids, something goes horribly wrong, so its not like its a “Yay, we’ve got super-powers and are going to kick butt!” story. Bad things happen. People die. Kids are unfairly treated and villainized.
For a full review, including some discussion of disability in kidlit, please click here.
This is not a perfect book. I won’t say that it is. Its not nearly the best example of a middle-grade/young-adult book featuring people with disabilities in it that I’ve ever read. But the story is entertaining, the author is trying his best to send a good message, and it was better (to me at least) than reading yet another entry into the YA Dystopian field (which seems to be all there is right now!). Every time things start to go right for the kids, something goes horribly wrong, so its not like its a “Yay, we’ve got super-powers and are going to kick butt!” story. Bad things happen. People die. Kids are unfairly treated and villainized.
For a full review, including some discussion of disability in kidlit, please click here.